Tyrion offers a taxonomy of bad rulers: 'We've had vicious Kings and we've had an idiot King, but I don't know if we've ever been cursed with a vicious idiot before.' Viciousness is at least rational — you can negotiate, predict, or outmaneuver a smart tyrant. Idiocy compounds the danger because cruelty without competence produces chaos no strategy can map. The most dangerous leader isn't the evil genius; it's the reckless fool with a crown.
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